The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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Page 821
... Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their hair in knots , and wore golden grasshoppers ...
... Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their hair in knots , and wore golden grasshoppers ...
Page 845
... Athenian sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great ...
... Athenian sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great ...
Page 852
... Athenian , he says " But he was unable to live in the city , partly on account of his intemperance , and partly because of the extravagant habits of his daily life , and partly because of the Athenians . For they are always unfavourable ...
... Athenian , he says " But he was unable to live in the city , partly on account of his intemperance , and partly because of the extravagant habits of his daily life , and partly because of the Athenians . For they are always unfavourable ...
Page 853
... Athenian people ; So liberal and magnificent was he . And Duris gives the same account . 44. But Idomeneus tells us that the Pisistratidæ also , Hippias and Hipparchus , instituted banquets and enter- tainments ; on which account they ...
... Athenian people ; So liberal and magnificent was he . And Duris gives the same account . 44. But Idomeneus tells us that the Pisistratidæ also , Hippias and Hipparchus , instituted banquets and enter- tainments ; on which account they ...
Page 854
... Athenians were not yet in such a state of intoxica- tion , and had not yet begun to use courtesans , openly filled a chariot with prostitutes , and drove early in the morning through the Ceramicus when it was full . But Idomeneus has ...
... Athenians were not yet in such a state of intoxica- tion , and had not yet begun to use courtesans , openly filled a chariot with prostitutes , and drove early in the morning through the Ceramicus when it was full . But Idomeneus has ...
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